Knights of the Golden Circle Traditional Cache
MadMin: As it seems that this cache is missing or beyond repair, and the cache owner hasn't responded to repeated DNF/Needs Maintenance logs, I'm archiving this listing.
JesseJames(KGC), please contact me at ma.reviewer@gmail.com with the GC# of this cache in the subject line if you have any questions or would like to see about having this cache reinstated.
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Knights of the Golden Circle
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My second cache as JesseJames(KGC)and in celebration of regaining caches after an act of piracy, lol. The self titled cache name comes from the original geocachers, and although some of thier views were a bit skewed its still a pretty cool history lesson!
Cache is located in Buttonwood Park in New Bedford
The Knights of the Golden Circle was a secret order, comprised of Southern Sympathizers during the Civil War. Their members were known as Copperheads. It was a word used to cover all groups of Peace Societies and even militant groups that were working to overthrow the government. At one time they had been called traitors to the Union.
Innocent bystanders thought they were simply people fighting for freedom of action and the pursuit of their own convictions.
The KGC members were a feared people. They were organized in 1854, with their headquarters in Cincinnati. They had secret symbols, passwords and other conspiratorial paraphernalia. They created real violence for many years.
The Knights had hoped to control the commerce of the area and have a virtual monopoly on the worlds supply of tobacco, sugar in the hopes of the South’s rising to power again in the future. To accomplish this mission, meant finding the ability to accumulate millions of dollars, to include gold coins, goods and weaponry, and have it set aside for later use. The Knights buried their accumulated possessions in elaborate man-made mine shafts, in many of the Southern States, and also included several hidden caches in the Western United States. South Dakota is one of those states. It is estimated that 4 million dollars in gold, weapons and the like was hidden in the western part of South Dakota. Several of these caches have been located, but many still remain as an unfound secret. There have been lives lost in the attempt of recovering these caches. The majority of these caches employ unique death traps to keep them out of the hands of treasure hunters. There are several words and statements that have been used in reference the KGC. They were known to be the wealthiest and the deadliest, most secretive underground organization in the history of the world.
So you wonder, why haven’t I read about them in my history books, or for that matter even heard about them. That’s a hard question to answer. The stories may have been purposely omitted, but why? It is known that the vast amount of money and valuables these die hard southern rebels were accumulating was for the purpose of restarting the Civil War, but it never happened. Instead, most all the wealth that they had accumulated, still lies buried in many different spots throughout the United States. Some of these caches have been located, but many more are still secreted away. Jesse James, a devoted train robber, was a full fledged member of the KGC. They used many signs, clues, carvings and even Latin phrases, Code words and even buried gun barrels(pointing a certain direction). Animals carved in stone(especially the chicken foot), and tree trunks forced to point to a certain direction.
Congrats to NSEWes for the pre-publishing FtF
and Rufio426 for the post-publishing FtF!!!!!
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